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‘TMC leader says they want to divide Hindu votes in Goa’: PM Modi questions opposition’s pseudo-secularism, cautions voters in UP

PM Modi asked the people of Uttar Pradesh whether they would like to vote for a party which would create “mafia ganj” in every district of the state.

Lavanya suicide case: DMK MLA felicitates hostel warden who is accused of harassing and torturing the school girl

Lavanya had revealed in her dying declaration that the hostel caretaker Sagaya Mary harassed her for not converting to Christianity.

Amidst hijab row Tehreek-e-Taliban India emerges, Indian law enforcement agencies approach Twitter to ban account

Security agencies have already approached Twitter to ban TTI's account in India.

Historian Vikram Sampath moves Delhi HC against Audrey Truschke, Rohit Chopra and others including Twitter Inc. over defamatory remarks

The move by Sampath against Audrey Truschke, Rohit Chopra and others came a day after the professors wrote a letter falsely accusing him of plagiarism.

Supreme Court refuses to interfere in Madras HC order transferring Lavanya Suicide Case to CBI, quashes TN govt’s plea

The Supreme Court has directed that the CBI investigation in the Lavanya Suicide Case will continue, declines Tamil Nadu Govt's plea to challenge the Madras HC order.

Hyderabad: Darul-Uloom teacher Shoeb Akhtar rapes a 10-year-old boy inside madarsa, arrested

25-year-old Shoeb Akhtar was sodomizing his minor boy student for over ten days in the Darul-Uloom Madarsa in Shastripuram, Hyderabad.

India bans 54 more Chinese apps, total reaches to 321

The ministry further added there were security concerns associated with these apps that they could carry out surveillance activities and espionage by accessing camera/mic, GPS location and could indulge in malicious network activity.

Schools open amid tension as Karnataka administration works to follow High Court order on burqa controversy

As schools reopen, Karnataka administration has started working hard to enforce the High Court ruling on the hijab row

Telangana CM asks for proof of Balakot air strikes on eve of Pulwama terror attack, Assam CM gives befitting reply

In 2019, on February 14, a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Adil Ahmed Dar rammed his explosive laden SUV in a truck carrying CRPF soldiers. 40 soldiers were martyred.

AIMIM rabble-rousers detained in Ahmedabad, Surat to stop them from holding pro-hijab rallies

The Ahmedabad unit of AIMIM had called for a signature campaign on February 12. Astodia Darwaja was declared as the venue of the protest.

‘India will run as per the Constitution, not by shariyat’: CM Yogi Adityanath warns the supporters of ‘ghazwa-e-hind’

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said India will function according to constitution and not shariyat, so the proponents of Ghazwa-e-Hind must remember that their designs will never succeed.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi alias Pinky Peerni may part ways, earlier reports had suggested she controlled meat eating djinns

In 2019, there were reports that Bushra Bibi's reflection could not be seen in the mirror, but Pakistan administration had denied such rumours.

Punjab: BJP candidate from Ludhiana attacked ahead of PM Modi’s rally in Jalandhar

The BJP candidate from Gill constituency in Punjab was attacked when he was returning from a campaign on February 13.

Jamaat-e-Islami women in Pakistan extend support to hijab girls in Karnataka, equate uniform dress code to ‘extremism’

Besides protests in Karachi, Islamists also burnt the effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lahore city of Pakistan.

Pulwama terror attack: The ominous portents that mainstreaming of ‘gau mutra’ jibes hold

Several journalists, writers, politicians and media organisations have aped Pulwama terrorists in deriding Hindus with ‘gau mutra’ jibes

Foreign funding, radical Islamic organisations and hijab protests: A plan to mobilise Muslim youth against India

The hijab protests are now being seen as a strategic move by the PFI and Jamaat-e-Hind to recruit young Muslims into the radicalisation movement.

Assam: At least thousand sedition cases to be filed against Rahul Gandhi over controversial tweet

Around 1000 sedition cases to be filed against Congress's Rahul Gandhi by BJP workers in Assam over his controversial tweet

Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust releases 3D preview of the grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

The grandeur of the Ram Mandir being constructed in Ayodhya is felt very well in the rendering shown in the 3D preview video

The left continues to slander the scholarship of Vikram Sampath, despite the author giving due citations: All you need to know

Left liberals accuse Vikram Sampath of plagiarism even though he had properly credited the sources he had used in a speech

Noida: Five youths assaulted by Salim, Shadab, Salman and others for pro-BJP WhatsApp status, six including a minor arrested

A Muslim mob assaulted Hindu youths in Noida after a WhatsApp status in favor of the BJP was posted by a youth

Surat: Female caretaker brutally thrases eight-month-old infant, arrested for attempt to murder after caught on hidden camera

Hidden camera records caretaker thrashing an 8-months-old infant boy in Surat, arrested after parents file complaint

‘Without hijab, women get raped, hijab hides their beauty’, says Karnataka Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed

Karnataka Congress MLA B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan said that hijab is for protecting beauty of women from potential rapists

Jharkhand police file FIR against Hindu activists for peaceful candle-light march protesting the lynching of Rupesh Pandey

While protest march against Rupesh Pandey lynching was hold peacefully in police presence at Chatra, an FIR was filed against it next day

‘UCC will be presented as biggest project of minority victimhood, Hindus will be pushed towards a compromise’: Adv J Sai Deepak on Hijab row

Sai Deepak explains how Indian state has consistently been anti-Hindu when it comes to interference with Hindu customs

Claims of Rana Ayyub being innocent fall flat, while she didn’t utilize collected money, she was seeking more donations by lying about relief work

Twitter user Hawk Eye explained how Rana Ayyub made tall claims about Covid relief campaigns she ran in two years.

Filmfare promotes child recreating Gangubai Kathiawadi look where Alia Bhatt plays the role of a madame sexually assaulted by mafia

Parents have posted videos, reels on Instagram and other platforms where their minor children are posing as Gangubai Kathiawadi, woman who was sold to brothel by her own father

‘They attacked us because we wanted to build a temple’: 5 brothers of a Hindu family killed in Bangladesh in ‘pre-meditated’ road accident, 3...

5 brothers of a Hindu family killed, 2 brothers and 1 sister injured after they were purposefully hit by a van in Bangladesh

Rajasthan: Girl who travelled to Churu in search of job gang-raped, tied with rope and thrown out of a hotel window

The incident happened on Friday near the Churu railway station, police said. The victim had come from New Delhi after one of the four accused offered her a job.

Maharashtra: ‘Pehle hijab, fir kitab’ banners now come up in Mominpura area of Georai, hometown of terrorist Abu Jundal

Abu Jundal is one of the six key conspirators of the terrorist attacks of 26/11 on Mumbai that claimed 166 lives

Biden calls Putin and warns of ‘severe cost’ if Russia invades Ukraine, US says invasion remains a ‘distinct possibility’

Biden told Putin that the US remains prepared to engage in diplomacy, but is equally prepared for other scenarios

Financial fraud accused Washington Post columnist caught spreading lies on BBC on Karnataka burqa row

The Washington Post columnist, accused of financial fraud in name of COVID donation, gets hysterical while speaking about Karnataka burqa row on BBC

Uyghurs protest outside Pakistan embassy in Istanbul, oppose Imran Khan’s clean chit to China over the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang

Uyghur Muslim protested in front of Pakistan embassy in Istanbul in Turkey and chanted slogans against Imran Khan

Goa Elections: TMC tied up with MGP to prevent consolidation of Hindu votes in favour of BJP, says MP Mahua Moitra

Mahua Moitra said that TMC formed alliance with MGP in Goa to split Hindu votes to defeat BJP

Karnataka hijab row: Father of Burqa-clad protestor Muskan Zainab who shouted “Allahu Akbar” is a member of radical Islamic group PFI

Muskan Zainab, the Burqa-clad girl who rose to fame during Hijab protests in Karnataka, has links to PFI through her father

Iqbal bets Amit that RLD/SP candidate will win in Ghaziabad’s Loni constituency, signs a stamp paper contract

Loni in Gaziabad is an important constituency where BJP has fielded Nandkishor Gurjar and Rashtriya Lok Dal, which is fighting polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, has given a ticket to Madan Bhaiyya.

Muskan Khan of ‘Allahu Akbar’ fame gets ‘Urdu Ghar’ in Malegaon named after her, was earlier gifted iPhone and Rs 5 lakh reward

"Muskan Khan has shown exemplary courage by standing up to extremists and has inspired other women to follow suit," remarked the Malegaon Mayor

Pakistan: Islamist mob stones a man to death for allegedly burning some pages of Quran in Tulamba, hanged his corpse to the tree

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has sought report and demanded strict legal action in the tragic case.

No, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan did not reward ‘Allahu Akbar’ chanting burqa clad protestor in Karnataka Rs 5 crores

Social media users, especially from Pakistan, have claimed that Muskan Khan received money from Salman Khan and Aamir Khan for chanting Allahu Akbar while wearing burqa

Mangaluru: Seven arrested in prostitution racket, prime accused Shameema allegedly tortured minor victim

The primary accused, Shameena, had established contact with minor girls and arranged meetings with clients.

Maharashtra: Burqa-clad protestors clash with Congress party workers during a protest over Hijab row, video viral

The group of Muslim women picked up a fight with the Congress party workers, who were protesting against the Karnataka government for asking the students to follow the uniform guidelines.

Sonam Kapoor’s husband accused of evading tax and duties, gets caught by a shipping company for doctored invoices

Sonam Kapoor's husband Anand Ahuja accused of understating invoice in a bid to evade taxes and duties.

West Bengal: Pro-hijab ‘protests’ turn violent, bombs hurled at school in Murshidabad, 18 arrested

After the headmaster asked the students to follow the uniform guidelines, the girls informed their parents, who staged a protest in front of the school and created a blockade.

Muslim student who topped class 12 exam in Kashmir gets death threats from Islamists for not wearing Hijab

Aroosa Parvaiz secured 499 marks out of 500 in class 12th exam and she is threatened by Islamists for not wearing hijab.

Trailer of ‘Pawankhind’ released: Third Marathi film in Digpal Lanjekar’s ‘Shivraj Ashtak’ tells the story of greatest rearguard fight ever

The trailer of one of the most awaited Marathi films, 'Pawankhind', was released on 10th February 2022

Kishan and Lavanya get forgotten while burqa-clad Sharia loyalists get echoed in Supreme Court: A tale of two Indias

Kishan and Lavanya will be simply two more names to be documented and filed away in some police station's records.

Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat says he is getting threatening calls telling him to not oppose hijab in schools and colleges

Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat says he is getting threatening calls through internet in the Hijab row

UP Assembly elections: Pallavi Singh, the third poster girl of Congress party’s “Ladki hun lad Sakti hun” campaign, joins BJP

After Vandana Singh and Priyanka Maurya, 3d Ladki hun lad Sakti hun poster girl of Congress Pallavi Singh joins BJP

BJP vows to implement UCC in Uttarakhand if it wins Assembly elections. Here is how Goa is running its UCC programme

UCC has been included in the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) and can be implemented by the State governments.